2any of several other plants, such as the grape hyacinth and certain bedstraws, that have small scented flowers

baby-sitvb, -sits, -sitting, -satintrto act or work as a baby-sitter♦
baby-sittingn, adj

baby-sitterna person who takes care of a child or children while the parents are out

baby snatchernInformal

1a person who steals a baby from its pram

2another name for→
cradle snatcher

baby talkn

1the speech of very young children learning to talk

2an adult's imitation of this

baby toothnanother term for→
milk tooth

baby-walkerna light frame on casters or wheels to help a baby learn to walk,(U.S. equivalent)
go-cart

baby wipena disposable moistened medicated paper towel, usually supplied in a plastic drum or packet, used for cleaning babies

blue babyna baby born with a bluish tinge to the skin because of lack of oxygen in the blood, esp. caused by a congenital defect of the heart

jelly babyn(Brit)a small sweet made from a gelatinous substance formed to resemble a baby in shape

Plunket babyn(N.Z.)informala baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society

rhesus babyna baby suffering from haemolytic disease at birth as its red blood cells (which are Rh positive) have been attacked in the womb by antibodies from its Rh negative mother(C20: see Rh factor)

test-tube babyn

1a fetus that has developed from an ovum fertilized in an artificial womb

2a baby conceived by artificial insemination

war babyna child born in wartime, esp. the illegitimate child of a soldier